25-02-2009, 07:07 PM
Mark Stapleton Wrote:Japan just went over the cliff, unless I'm missing something.
Exports for January were down 46% from last January. Demand for motor vehicles went down 69%, if you can believe it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7909248.stm
This is gathering momentum like a snowball.
Ahhhh.....Mark, that's just a slowdown :dontknow: Perhaps they are more honest with their figures, I'm sure the ones coming out of the US and UK have been 'massaged' [being polite, here] to make them seem less alarming! The whole ****ing Planet is in dire straits and I see no one with any power or bully pulpit making any moves in the correct direction - only 'fixing' things by doing more of what caused the problems in the first place - often with the same captains that grounded all the ships in the first place. Full steam ahead! Forward into the past! :captain: